Pausanias, Description of Greece, ed. W. H. S. Jones, ed. H. A. Ormerod, ed. Gregory Nagy, 2.12.6

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[6] The Argives say that Phlias, who has given the land its third name, was the son of Ceisus, the son of Temenus. This account I can by no means accept, but I know that he is called a son of Dionysus, and that he is said to have been one of those who sailed on the Argo. The verses of the Rhodian poet confirm me in my opinion:

Came after these Phlias from Araethyrea to the muster;

Here did he dwell and prosper, because Dionysus his father

Description of Greece. Pausanias. ed. W. H. S. Jones, ed. H. A. Ormerod, ed. Gregory Nagy. . .

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Ἑλλάδος Περιηγήσεως Perseus (Pausanias. Pausaniae Graeciae descriptio, Volumes 1-3. Spiro, Friedrich, editor. Leipzig: Teubner, 1903.) — 2.12.6 focus

[6] Φλίαντα δέ, ὃς τρίτον τοῦτο ἐποίησεν ὄνομα ἀφʼ αὑτοῦ τῇ γῇ, Κείσου μὲν παῖδα εἶναι τοῦ Τημένου κατὰ δὴ τὸν Ἀργείων λόγον οὐδὲ ἀρχὴν ἔγωγε προσίεμαι, Διονύσου δὲ οἶδα καλούμενον καὶ τῶν πλευσάντων ἐπὶ τῆς Ἀργοῦς καὶ τοῦτον γενέσθαι λεγόμενον. ὁμολογεῖ δέ μοι καὶ τοῦ Ῥοδίου ποιητοῦ τὰ ἔπη·

Φλίας αὖτʼ ἐπὶ τοῖσιν Ἀραιθυρέηθεν ἵκανεν,

ἔνθʼ ἀφνειὸς ἔναιε Διωνύσοιο ἕκητι

πατρὸς ἑοῦ, πηγῇσιν ἐφέστιος Ἀσωποῖο.

Apollonius Rhodius Argonautica 1.115-117 0 τοῦ δὲ Φλίαντος Ἀραιθυρέαν εἶναι μητέρα, ἀλλʼ οὐ Χθονοφύλην· Χθονοφύλην δέ οἱ συνοικῆσαι καὶ Ἀνδροδάμαν γενέσθαι Φλίαντι ἐξ αὐτῆς.

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Description of Greece Perseus (Pausanias. Pausanias Description of Greece, Volumes 1-4. Jones, W.H.S. (William Henry Samuel), translator; Ormerod, Henry Arderne, translator. London, New York: W. Heinemann, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1918-1935.) — 2.12.6 focus

[6] The Argives say that Phlias, who has given the land its third name, was the son of Ceisus, the son of Temenus. This account I can by no means accept, but I know that he is called a son of Dionysus, and that he is said to have been one of those who sailed on the Argo . The verses of the Rhodian poet confirm me in my opinion:—

Came after these Phlias from Araethyrea to the muster;

Here did he dwell and prosper, because Dionysus his father

Cared for him well, and his home was near to the springs of Asopus.

Apollonius Rhodius Argonautica 1.115-117. The account goes on to say that the mother of Phlias was Araethyrea and not Chthonophyle. The latter was his wife and bore him Androdamas.

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